PInkies

[npetreley]

I was wondering what we "Calvinists" should call ourselves if (like me), we've never read Calvin's Institutes. I've read Luther's Bondage of the Will (a few times, actually). I agree with what Luther says in that book, so I'd call myself a Lutheran. Unfortunately, that label is already taken and I don't agree with Lutheran doctrines.

I have read some A.W. Pink, and I agree with him. If you have, too, then maybe we should call ourselves "Pinkies". What do you think?

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[Calvibaptist]

I would probably caal myself either a Deverite or a Piperigian.

 

[webdog]

Instead of "pinkies" it should be "all thumbs" the way the Gospel is clumsily presented.

 

[Calvibaptist]

I think that would be true with all concerned (on both sides of the fences)!

 

[Petrel]

Originally posted by npetreley:
If you have, too, then maybe we should call ourselves "Pinkies". What do you think?

Great, now you've done it. From now on I'm going to think of you as a naked pink newborn mouse.

 

[npetreley]

Originally posted by Petrel:
Great, now you've done it. From now on I'm going to think of you as a naked pink newborn mouse.

Squeak.

 

[whatever]

Spurgeonist. (I need a cigar.)

 

[Jeff Weaver]

Pinky and the Brain?

 

[genesis12]

I'd rather just read the Bible and be called a Christian.

 

[J.D.]

I get a kick out of the dear folks that want to avoid association with John Calvin. I went through that phase myself for a while. So it's:

Sovereigntist
Predestinarian
Determinist
Sovereign Grace Believer
ANYTHING BUT CALVINIST!

Can you think of some other Calvin-avoiding labels?

 

[John of Japan]

What about "Pinko!"
Or, "Tulipist!"

 

[Bill Brown]

How about simply call ourselves, "biblisists"?

 

[Bill Brown]

Originally posted by Calvibaptist:
I would probably caal myself either a Deverite or a Piperigian.

You do like to complicate things, don't you?

 

[J.D.]

Let's call the roll:

Dagg(ist)
Gill(ist)
Spurgeon(ist)
Boyce(ist)
Strong(ist)(for the 4 pointer heretic)

Any of those ring true?

 

[npetreley]

Originally posted by Jeff Weaver:
Pinky and the Brain?

Narf! Zort!

 

[Joseph_Botwinick]

Originally posted by J.D.:
Let's call the roll:

Dagg(ist)
Gill(ist)
Spurgeon(ist)
Boyce(ist)
Strong(ist)(for the 4 pointer heretic)

Any of those ring true?

How about a Sproulian?

 

[J.D.]

Thanks Joseph but I was thinking of baptist calvinists, er, I mean, sovereigntist. Sproul is either reformed or presby. But what a great theologian anyway!

 

[Calvibaptist]

Originally posted by J.D.:
Can you think of some other Calvin-avoiding labels?

Arminian
Pelagian
Free-Willer
biblicist


Oh, wait, you were referring to people who agreed with us?